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I will have to go get the prices..most likely go with the deluxe or the Yellow Jacket UNIVERSAL 45° FLARE / BURNISH TOOL http://www.yellowjacket.com/prdetail...2&Auto=1#a1302
Maybe Ridged or Impearl if I find them before I get down to Johnston's (the baker brothers near my house seems a little high compared to johnstones)

ralphtheplumber thank you for the offer..put I prefer to pay my own way...and works been letting me suck up some serious OT.... As for buying the best tools...that's my goal...craftsman..ridged..kline..husky.yellow jacket and of course fluke..are in my price range...snap on, matco et el are just a little to much of a jump at this time...now if someone wants to trade some snap on tools for my teenagers....I would be more than happy too send them.

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A little less money is the Rigid which is equal if not a better too itself.
I used it a lot before it was stolen.
It is not frusterating like the Yellow Jacket deluxe. You almost need three hands to set it all in palce before turning the clamp shut.

Do not buy a cheap flare tool.

I find that most a/c work is void of flares while refrig is chocked full of them.

When I spring for my next flare block, I will probably go to ebay and get another Rigid. Nothing wrong with having duplicates around.

Go to Johnstone and buy a set of swedges and pick up the odd one, 5/16. Then get a seperate flare block to pinch and hold the copper tubing while you swedge it.

A swedge comes in handy when you least expect em to.
Be prepared, in season and out of season, to do the ebst job you possibly can.

I've used most of them from bad to really good. The one I wish I still had was the Rigid. When you turn the handle down to where the flare is made the tool turns and strops or polishes the flare. I think I just talked myself into buying another.